Why wont my videos from my camera play on my computer?

My kodak camera won't play videos properly on computer?

• I have a Kodak Easyshare DX6490 camera. I have recorded guitar covers on them and the quality and sound is ok when I play them on my camera. However when I connect either the camera or memory card on my computer the videos only play the sound and don't show the video :/ I can't understand why it does this for. Does anyone know why it does this and if there is any easy ways for my computer to play the videos properly?

• Answer:

  1) Some cameras make two files (audio and video), and you need to use the software that came with the camera to compile the two into a usable "video". 2) You may not be using the right viewer for the video file type (For example, some cameras record AVI or MPEG, and others use H.264 (.mp4) ). 3) Your computers memory, video card, audio card may not be powerful enough 4) You may need to upgrade the audio/video drivers 5) You may be missing the necessary CODEC (COmpression/DECompression) files. If that is the case, I use the K-Lite CODEC pack. (do a google search or go to http://www.cnet.com/1770-5_1-0.html?query=k-lite&tag=srch ) If nothing else, contact Kodak and they should be able to help you.